WAINWRIGHT MINING DISTRICT

Rick_Marty · January 4, 2012, 1:39am

Thanks guys,

Steve, The stamp mill work is a little ways off yet but it is coming.

Some work on the Shaft House and Hoist House is under way. An elevated view of the Shaft House with the Hoist House in the background. In order to get this to work I had to build up a berm to sit the shaft house on then build a 3 inch raised foundation to sit it on. This elevation was necessary to get the floor high enough so the ore carts would dump into the cars.

Here is a good view of the switch at the switchback coming down off the trestle. this also shows the raised foundation and retaining wall at the shaft house. The loading track is about to be installed.

This shows how the ore cars will run along side the Shaft House.

More later.
Rick

AndyC · January 4, 2012, 1:46am

Rick, looks great…

Rick_Marty · January 8, 2012, 11:45pm

Well here we are with finish-up pictures of the Shaft/Hoist Houses. More detail pieces and figures will be added in the future but this is going to have to do for now. The dump tramways have been set up so that two cars at a time can be loaded and have two cars waiting to fill then a fresh string of cars must be brought in.

If it ever starts raining around here I can spend some indoor time working on ore cars, details, and signs
Later
Rick

Kettle_Valley · January 8, 2012, 11:53pm

That’s looking great Rick. Amazing work

admin1 · January 9, 2012, 12:12am

I really like that shaft house…well done

dieseldude · January 9, 2012, 12:26am

Wow! That is really great looking!!! What an inspiration.

-Kevin.

snowshoe · January 9, 2012, 12:44am

I really like that setup. Nice work.

cabby · January 9, 2012, 1:05am

Rick Marty said:

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/rick_marty/WAINWRIGHT%20MINING%20DISTRICT/MDa56.jpg)

Excellent. Just love this shot Ralph

JRad · January 9, 2012, 10:50am

I agree with Ralph - That one is a contest photo.

Gary_Armitstead · January 9, 2012, 6:43pm

Ralph Berg said:

Rick Marty said:

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/rick_marty/WAINWRIGHT%20MINING%20DISTRICT/MDa56.jpg)

Excellent. Just love this shot Ralph

Hey Rick, I have to agree with all the compliments from others, that is a great photo!

Rick_Marty · January 13, 2012, 12:15am

Thanks guys,
Guess it just goes to show anybody can take a good picture. Something like this is bound to happen if enough pictures are taken. Hee Hee.

A little more progress to share. The abandoned tipple installed in front of the abandoned mine. The tipple and mine building both came from Duane’s railroad and are installed here in a different configuration. I added the “board scatter” to show how they “used to be” connected in this installation.

This shows the abandoned trackage in front of the tipple. The tipple looks new with it’s fresh coat of preservative.

Finally got that white water pipe (to the left of the tipple) covered up with an old shack, much easier to look at. You can also see some of the shop buildings going in in the background, more on that next time.

Thanks for taking a look.
Rick

Rick_Marty · January 16, 2012, 3:01pm

Hi all,
The rest of the shop buildings are in place. As you can see a couple of trees have been added they sem to help “soften” the view.

More to come
Rick

dawgnabbit · January 16, 2012, 3:29pm

Sweet, Rick. Are those trees in pots? What species are they?
I’d ask if you had to take them in in winter, but then I remembered you live in the land of eternal summer… :lol:
Steve

Ken_Brunt · January 16, 2012, 3:45pm

Ya done good!!

Rick_Marty · January 16, 2012, 11:20pm

Hi Steve,

No, not in pots, directly in the ground.

Alberta Spruce, pruned and thinned. They grow about
3-4 inches a year but are easy to control.
I am going to try a couple of them on the table top this year.

Land of eternal Summer my a—
It was 21 degrees here this morning with a nice breeze,
supposed to get cold tonight though.

Later
Rick

snowshoe · January 16, 2012, 11:28pm

Rick awsome work. The scene you created looks great. This might have been mentioned already but are you going to fill that dry stream bed with water?

David_Marconi_FOGCH · January 17, 2012, 6:09pm

Nicely composed Rick. That has made a great addition to your pike.

Rick_Marty · January 18, 2012, 1:34am

Shawn said:
Rick This might have been mentioned already but are you going to fill that dry stream bed with water?

Hi Shawn, Not on a permanent basis, that is there primarily as a irrigation sump for the tree so I don't have to run sprinklers over all the buildings all Summer. Later Rick

Rick_Marty · January 20, 2012, 4:20pm

Hi all,
Time to start working on and around the stamp mill. The first thing we need is a trestle for the ore cars to make their deliveries into the hoppers in the mill. This is where the trestle has to sit, on the gravel against the wall and the mill will move back against it.

The first step was to cut the material (Redwood in this case) and slap together a jig to assemble the bents.

One of the bents in the jig ready to be glued and nailed.

The trestle being assembled.

Setting in place ready for the final touches.

Thanks for taking a look.
Rick

admin1 · January 20, 2012, 4:28pm

REALLY nice. I love it.